Abstract
Dissipative effects in electromagnetism on macroscopic scales are examined by coarse-graining the microscopic Maxwell equations with respect to time. We illustrate a procedure to derive the dissipative effects on the macroscopic scale by using a Green-Kubo type expression in terms of the microscopic fluctuations and the correlations between them. The resulting macroscopic Maxwell equations are formulated within the general equation for the nonequilibrium reversible-irreversible coupling (GENERIC) framework, accounting also for inhomogeneous temperature.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 041126 |
Pages (from-to) | 041126-1/8 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics |
Volume | 74 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2006 |